Where does “insulta” come from?
insulta (Romanian) comes from French insulter, from Latin īnsultō, from Latin insilio, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
insulta (Romanian): to insult, offend
Ancestry of “insulta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | insulter | to insult |
| 2 | Latin | īnsultō | — |
| 3 | Latin | insilio | I leap upon or in; I bound |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |